<p>It depends on your child’s interests, whether more focussed on CS or engineering.</p>
<p>The CS school has terrific reputation, accepts about 76 students per year. The engineering school is a separate program, which includes many specialties. Students will have a minor, so there will be some overlay. The CS students have first priority for courses in their department.</p>
<p>Mathmom has a student in the CS program, so she can say more. Once again, it so depends on what interests your child more. Both programs are tough. A nice factor at CMU was that they accepted AP credits. My S applied to both programs, and went there for the accepted students weekend to make a decision.</p>